Body Parts
The body parts where all arm movements must end
What are Fingertips?
A silent film star who was a master of pantomime
Who is Charlie Chaplin?
A combination of inner composure, mental awareness, and physical flexibility; the act of “letting go all over”
What is Relaxation
The turning or pivoting of a part of the body, such as the head or the chest
What is Rotation
The general term for expressing ideas and emotions without using words; the essence of pantomime and mime
What is Nonverbal Communication
One of the body parts most mimes emphasize with makeup
What are Eyes?
The art of imitating real life actions without using words
What is Pantomime?
The emotion conveyed when eyes widen, brows lift, and mouth forms the shape of an O
What is Surprise
The setting up of an action with definite hand movements; for example, the snap of a mime’s hand around a glass.
What is a “Click”?
To move from one place to another on stage
What is Cross
The body part where most movement begins
What is the Chest?
The emotion conveyed when eyes narrow, brows furrow, and jaw sets firmly
What is Anger
The bending of the body to the front, the side, or the rear
What is Inclination?
Hand and arm movements and facial expressions that help express an idea or an emotion
What is Gesture?
The neuromuscular awareness that you feel when your body is in a particular position
What is Kinesthesis?
The art form that does not precisely imitate real-life physical action but gives an illusion of that action
What is Mime?
The emotion conveyed when eyes squint, brows lift, and mouth curves upward
What is Happiness
A basic mime convention; the mime uses exaggerated movements to appear to be walking
What is Illusory Walk
A mime device that uses inclinations, rotations, and isolations in one exercise
What is Combination?
A movement opposite to the action that the mime wants the audience to follow
What is Preparatory Action
The Swiss trained mime troupe that initiated the use of special props and nontraditional objects in mime
What is Mummenschanz?
The emotion conveyed when eyes narrow, outer brows and mouth turn downward, and facial muscles sag
What is Sadness?
A term for the firmness or solidity of an object in opposition to outside force
What is Resistance?
The separation of parts of the body for individual development and expression
What is Isolation?